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T. HOUSTON.

VESSEL FOR LIQUIDS.

Patented Nov. 21 1882.

N, PETERS. Photo-Lilhugrnp Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HOUSTON, OF BANGOR, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HAN- NIBAL H. CROOKER AND JULIUS H. OROCKER, OF SAME PLACE.

VESSEL FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,892, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed September 21, 1882. (No model.)

[I 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, THOMAS HOUSTON, of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessels for Liquids, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 shows a plan of the blanks used in forming myimproved vessel; Fig. 2, asection of the vessel when completed, (vertical;) Fig. 3, a cross-section on line A B.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention consists of an improved vessel for liquids, &c.,and will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is show'n,for the purposes of illustration, a pail made in accordance therewith.

At a b c are shown blanks of thin wood or veneer cut preferably (as being more economical) by the ordinary veneering-machine provided with, as common, a scoring or cutting cylinder adapted to score or cut the wood to the form required for the vessel. These blanks are preferably squared at the ends, so that when bent up to form the vessel the ends butt rather than lap, and the blanks b c, intended for the inner portion and intermediatelayer of the vessel, are shorter than the blank a, so as to fit inside of the outer shell, as shown in Fig. 2. The blanks beingbent into form, their edges are cemented together 'with water-proof or other impervious cement adapted to the purpose for which the vessel is to be used, and the surfaces of the shells which are to be in contact covered with the same. They c are then closely pressed together until dry. A bottom, d, formed in like manner of two or more layers of veneer closely cemented together is added and cemented into an annular groove surrounding the inside of the vessel at 0. This bottom is steamed or otherwise forced and pressed into the form shown, convex on its upper side, causing the spring of the wood to increasethe tightness of thejoint. The vessel may also be coated on theinside or outside, or both, with cement as an additional safeguard, and subsequently finished in the usual manner for the purpose for which itisintended.

It will be observed that the grain of the blanks a b 0 runs in different directions, adding much to the stifl'ness and strength of the vessel, and that the vessel itself, when completed, is composed of alternate layers of veneer and impervious cement. The butting ends of the blanks a b 0 are shown atf, Fig. 3.

What I claim as my invention is As a new article of manufacture, a vessel for liquids, &o., formed of alternate layers of thin wood or veneer and impervious cement,

and provided with the convex bottom 01, 0e

mented into an annular groove, e, the weight of the liquid in the vessel and the spring of the wood serving to increase the tightness of the joint, substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of September, 1882.

THOMAS HOUSTON.

Witnesses:

J OHN B. B. FIsKE, WM. FRANKLIN SEAVEY. 

